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Printed on card on only side only (114 x 75 mm). Gives a choice of extra opitions (e.g. The use of the globes, land-surveying, drawing, dancing, single bed, etc.) and the charges made for such.
1967Signed E. Joy Wragg on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked mustard coloured cloth boards, very minor bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with some marking to covers, and nicks, chips and some creasing to upper and lower edges. 124pp. Autobiography of the Founder and First Principal of Sherrardswood School, Welwyn, Herts from 1928-1935. Sherradswood is currently an independent school with an excellent reputation. A scarce book.
1914552 p. With 150 full page lithographs by Joseph Pennell. Top edge gilt. Uncut. Wide margins. 4to. Original gold decorated red buckram. PA 2
19198vo., with coloured frontispiece and 4 plates in monochrome, free endpapers moderately browned, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; origina pictorial brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in blue, cream and black, top and fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1913. ALL EARLY ISSUES ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
196860 pages. Texte in French language. Pictorially presents the history of the automobile for younger readers. Very informative. Contents clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to illustrated boards. Book
195856 pages. "Designed for use in the schools in British Columbia during the Centennial year. Contains songs suitable for all occasions for all levels above grade 3 and a list of songs for primary grades. Includes folk-songs from many of the lands whence our pioneers came, songs by great masters, hymns, songs composed especially for Centennial celebration, songs descriptive of the province, and other material liikely to appeal to youth." - from Preface. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A lovely collection of simple heritage tunes which are sure to please. Book
1992462 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Covers the years 1916 through 1992. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Average wear to dust jacket which bears a one inch opening at top of front fore-edge. A quality copy. Book
2002442 pages. School stamps inside front cover otherwise unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
1957552 pages. Index. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Few markings. A sound working copy. Book
1940460 pages. Index. Lovely colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Intended for 11-year old readers. Rather than a formal history of Canada, this book "Provides a few pictures of life and action that may pave the way for historical study in the later grades." - from Foreward. Very light wear and soiling. Unmarked. Minor lean to spine. Excellent copy of this lovely work. Book
1979240 pages including glossary. Author reveals the story of his life as an infantry lieutenant on the ground in Vietnam. If some soldiers, barely out of high school, might die there, others might find hidden steel in themselves and grow. Author was one who grew, also one who fought, one who killed, and one for whom the helicopter finally came to take away a shattered body. A book of truth and power which stands proudly with the best books written about men in combat. Prior owner's bookplate upon front endpaper, else unmarked. Light wear to clean book. Several tiny tears to dust jacket which shows light wear. Very nice copy. Book
1945153 pages. Undated. Decorated endpapers. Numerous black and white illustrations. "This book is one of three designed for boys and girls who find no incentive to effort in the conventional 'literary' reader. Used with its companion volumes, it offers a year's alternative reading to these children, for whom concrete things and sustained action often provide the necessary stimulus to imagination." - from Preface. Includes Glossary and Exercises. Decorated front board. Prior owner's details atop title page else unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. ean to spine. Binding intact. Sound working copy. Circa 1945. Book
197281 pages plus map. Library binding. Full colour decorative phot front cover. Cover shows mild bumps and wear. Normal Library markings although the only external evidence of this book's former owner is faint sticker or tape remnant at two spots on the front board . "Authors are a highly gifted husband-and-wife team who have traveled to many parts of the world and set down a living record of them in skillfully combined texts and photographs." - N.Y. Times. In this the twenty-second book in the popular 'My Village' series, author-photographer Sonia Gidal, through an informal, information-filled text and many handsome black and white photographs, gives the reader a lively portrait of an unfamiliar and engaging way of life. Featured is Carlos Verissimo of the small village of Nazare on Portugal's rugged Atlantic coastline. Book
1988188 pages. Contains the text of original documents bearing on the establishment of the school and shows how the nursing needs of Winnipeg were met as the demand arose. Illustrated in black and white. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Gilt lettering and emblems upon navy boards. Chips from and small tears to dust jacket. Book
194288 pages. Bibliography. Numerous excellent diagrams. "Contains an elementary treatment of woodcraft suitable for school craft-clubs, parks, summer camps, and the home workshop... The most elementary projects are suitable for the middle grades and the most difficult for the upper grades... Does not require the use of power tools." - from Foreward. Average wear. Binding intact. Nice illustrated endpapers. Gift greetings upon verso of front free endpaper. Book
199172 pages. Features: Fiber education in the 1990s; The Craft School experience; Travel as education; The master/apprentice relationship; The unseen made visible; Made in Japan; Gerhardt Knodel; Victoria Z. Rivers; Lida Gordon; Marla Brill; Jilli Blackwood; Pamela Studstill; Judy Hubbard; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
2002Features: Celebrating our Architectural Heritage; The Shapes of Georgian Halifax; Rare Example of Modern Heritage Threatened in Etobicoke; Site Investigations of Heritage Buildings; Preserving those familiar Gems - Two Nineteenth-Century Row Houses Restored in Orangeville; The Jewel of Halifax Harbour - Georges Island; Devolving British Columbia's Heritage Properties; St. Mary's School in Calgary is coming down - restoration bid ignored; Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Minor moisture exposure to upper corner, otherwise an excellent copy. Book
2001Features: Mennonite Architecture in Waterloo; Plain Old Heritage - the challenge of protecting old order Amish and Mennonite Landscapes; Looking for a positive outcome for the York Cinema; Fort Henry breaking down; Fire Protection of Seasonal Heritage Structures; Markham's Proud Heritage; Calgary Youth adopt buildings; The St. Roch II - makes a voyage of rediscovery; Harpist buys Stratford Public School; and more. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
2003Features: The Winnipeg Exchange District; La Maison Gabrielle-Roy Restored - Birthplace of a Canadian Literary Icon now a popular museum; The Carlu Makes its Debut - The awakening of Eaton's famous 7th floor, College St., Toronto; Edmonton's Garneau District; Limitations of Limestone - it can deteriorate; Pier 21 - the first seventy-five years - Canada's last surviving immigration shed in Halifax; Revitalization - the example of Shawville/Clarendon; Queen's University Business School blends the old with the new. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
1983Features: A Framework for the Consideration of Art Education; A Peasant's Tale; Problems of Assessment and Examination in Art Education; Art and Design in South Africa; Art Education in a Dutch Secondary School; The Crafts Study Centre, Bath; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1984Features: The Merger and the APU; Artistic Perception - The Cultural Context; Developing Craft Activities in Schools; Response to 'Aesthetic Development'; Teacher/Pupil Relationship - 'Should the teacher stand so near, my love'; The Last Word in Decorative Art - The Omega Workshops; Curriculum Development in Art and Design and Education - a Personal View; New Methodologies in Art History - Implications for School Teaching;; Art and Design - Interdependent and Interrelated?; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1984Features: Men for the Royal College; Learning Strategies in Fine Art; English Art Education Between the Wars; Originality and Originals, Copies and Reproduction - Reflections on a Primary School Project; Observation and Drawing - a Justification for their Inclusion in the Primary School Curriculum; Art as Graphicacy in the Common Curriculum; 'Lessons from Objects' - a Museum of Art and Design; Walter Smith's Influence in Brazil and the Efforts by Brazilian Liberals to overcome the Concept of Art as and Elitist Activity; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
195138 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Contents: Melanope - The Ship of Tragedy; Time, and the Indian; Panechates, Son of Hatres; The Pleistocene, or Ice Age of South-West British Columbia; Birds in the Cariboo; The Fine Arts; The Museum is a School of Visual Education; The Cinder Cone Buried Forest, Garibaldi Park, British Columbia; Pioneer Wesleyan Missionaries in British Columbia. Average wear. Binding intact. Moisture marks to periphery of all pages and covers - legibility unaffected. A worthy copy of this informative issue. Book
2000248 pages. Features: Palette - a new view of the green scene; School Colors - old Chicago schoolhouse becomes elegant formal quarters; The Painted Garden - vividly painted walls; Two strikingly different colorful looks for one room; Turning a classic Georgian Colonial into a 'sunshine serenade'; The Many Shades of Jade Glass; and more. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
2003102 pages. Index. Black and white photos. "A memorable and often humorous account of a small private school and the Victorian family who founded it. Richly evocative of many a past childhood in North Staffordshire the book is full of interest and will enthral both the general reader and those who appreciate local history." - from back cover. Few markings to contents. Light wear. A quality copy. Book